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HRC events in Louisville, KY got off to a rainy but inspiring start this morning. This morning’s event was a two-part forum beginning with a panel presentation and moving into workshop discussions. The tremendous energy, enthusiasm and wealth of ideas in the room was exactly what was and is needed to support a Faith Leaders for Fairness coalition.

A Faithful Dialogue: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and our Religious Communities” welcomed a diverse group of students and community members alike to give voice to an otherwise silenced struggle for all too many – a struggle to reconcile their religious upbringing or beliefs with LGBT identities.

HRC’s bus tour took us to the Bluegrass state this week, and I couldn’t be more excited to be here in Lexington and then Louisville before the bus makes its stop in DC for HRC’s National Dinner. My trip began bright and early (for college students), at the University of Kentucky’s Student Center in Lexington...

Currently there are no federal employment non-discrimination laws protecting the LGBT community. It is perfectly legal in 29 states to fire someone because they’re gay and 35 states because they’re transgender.